At Home in the World

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• At Home in the World
• TOEFL Ready
• Empowering Girls
• Youth on call
• Ibsen Scholarships, 2012
• Fighting tuberculosis
• No browsing after midnight
• Food politics at JNU
• Two years of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education
• Formative care
• Celebrate differences
• DUTA unhappy over attendance decision
• The last lap
• At home in the world
• Fighting female foeticide
• Hostellers up in arms
• Empowering girls
• Infinite opportunities
• A cultural interface

At Home in the World Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:37 PM PDT Woodstock School (founded in 1854) is the first international school in India.

TOEFL Ready Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:25 PM PDT What is the TOEFL?The TOEFL measures an individuals ability to use and understand English and evaluates listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills.Students from over 180 countries take the TOEFL test.

Empowering Girls Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:17 PM PDT In an effort to boost the campaign on the education of the girl child, a new initiative, Dare to Care, was launched by Unicef in partnership with the Delhi Daredevils.

Youth on call Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:15 PM PDT The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) played host to the India Youth Forum organised by the International Youth Time Movement, which held its first international youth conference recently.

Ibsen Scholarships, 2012 Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:06 PM PDT The Ibsen Scholarships award innovative projects in the field of drama and performing arts and projects that act as incentives for critical discourse with regards to existential and society-related subject matter concerning Henrik Ibsen and his plays.

Fighting tuberculosis Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:43 PM PDT Karim S Karim, associate professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, has received a $100,000 grant to pursue research on tuberculosis detection.

No browsing after midnight Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:40 PM PDT IIT Delhi has recently taken a decision to prohibit its students from using the internet in the hostel premises between 1am and 6am. The institute, during these five hours, disconnects the internet facility available to students in their hostel rooms.

Food politics at JNU Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:39 PM PDT The New Materialists' is a group of students in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who have come together to fight the caste system on campus and in the country.

Two years of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:38 PM PDT It has been two years since the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act came into force (April 1, 2010).

Formative care Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:36 PM PDT Jamia Millia Islamia University has established an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre that offers an MA in ECD.

Celebrate differences Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:35 PM PDT As far as formal education is concerned, what is the concern vis-à-vis autism in India? There are three key concerns to be addressed in India.

DUTA unhappy over attendance decision Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:34 PM PDT According to the association, the new order has been passed to keep a tab on teachers rather than to just make students aware if they are short of attendance .

The last lap Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:34 PM PDT With over five lakh students expected to appear for the IIT joint entrance exam this year, the competition is going to be tough. So how do you prepare yourself for a stellar performance?

At home in the world Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:33 PM PDT An increasing number of students have joined international schools in India in recent years, as parents see the benefits of an international school education. However, there are many different 'types' of international schools.

Fighting female foeticide Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:32 PM PDT Ishita Uppal, a student of class X is raising awareness on the need to stop female foeticide.

Hostellers up in arms Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:32 PM PDT Residents of the University Hostel for Women for postgraduate students in Delhi University (DU) are fighting the arbitrary change in hostel rules, deferring of student union elections of the hostel and alleged intimidation by the administration.

Empowering girls Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:30 PM PDT In an effort to boost the campaign on education of the girl child, a new initiative, Dare to Care, was launched by Unicef in partnership with the Delhi Daredevils last week. Virender Sehwag, captain, Delhi Daredevils, launched the initiative in the Capital.

Infinite opportunities Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:29 PM PDT Elisabeth Knust, DFG vice-president , director of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biology in Dresden, talks to Narayani Ganesh on new research opportunities for Germany and India

A cultural interface Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:25 PM PDT Students and faculty of Lady Shri Ram College (LSR), Delhi University, were busy exchanging ideas and cultural ethos with their counterparts from Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), US, who were in the Capital for a week-long academic and cultural exchange at the college.

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